House hacking with young children

[Courtney Willess]

Has anyone here househacked with young children and dogs? We have two dogs and three very young children and are looking at purchasing a townhome to move into with the plan of moving again in another year. We are estimating our current home to cashflow decently but the townhomes we are looking at do not have a great cashflow ability until we are able to pay off more of the mortgage and refinance. 

Definitely a bit nervous downsizing so much with the kids but it will take us years to save up for a 20% down investment property. 

[Bruce Woodruff]

Make sure that you check out your prospective tenants 100%...! I would be really nervous having a complete stranger around my kids....